Alcatraz and Fisherman's Warf

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March 1st 2018

Published: March 2nd 2018

Wow what a tour Alcatraz was! The National Park Service provides an amazing audio tour narrated by former guards, prisoners, and warden families. We picked up our headsets and audio players shortly after arriving in the prison and it walked us through the prison's history, structure, internal processes, famous occupants, and narration of escape attempts. It is so well done that Mi Hyon and I gaspe... Read Full Entry

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Mike Sprague

Mike and Mimi

During our 40 year career in the Air Force (both Military and Civil Service) we traveled around the world and had an opportunity to live several years in Europe and many states in the US. This August Mike retired for the second and last time so we are ready to embark on RV trips unconstrained by time and schedule. Most of our travels in the US so far have been quick trips, except summer of 2013 when completed our first cross-country RV trip starting in Williamsburg Va through Utah's National Parks, Grand Canyon AZ, NM, TX, Ok, etc... On August 17th we left Columbus Ohio to start our 40th ann... full info

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Prisoners Stripped and Showered

After a shower they were marched down the center isles of the prison naked to their cells.

Typical Cell Life

There was no privacy, the cells across from each other looked into the other cells. One person per cell kept inside about 20 hours a day.

Prisoner Recreation Area

Battle of Alcatraz

The Battle of Alcatraz, lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an unsuccessful escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Two guards—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed along with three of the inmates. Eleven guards and one uninvolved convict were also injured.

Battle of Alcatraz

The Warden called in the US Marines to battle the armed prisoners. The marks in the floor came from the grenades dropped through the ceiling. They thought they had killed the prisoners, but once they entered a gunfight broke out.

Hole in Ceiling

Hole used to drop grenades.

escape from Alcatraz Poster

This history had a prominent place in the audio tour and prison history.

Escape from Alcatrez

The June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt was one of two escape attempts from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in which neither the escapees, nor their bodies, were found. Late on the night of June 11 or early morning of June 12, inmates Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Frank Morris tucked heads made out of soap wax resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of the main prison building via an unused utility corridor, and departed Alcatraz Island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate. "Wikipedia"

The Service Area Behind the Vent

When the escapees made it through the vents, this area was used to get to the roof and out of the prison.

Exclusive departure point for Alcatraz. There are a lot of other ferry services that claim Alcatraz in the name, but they can't dock or go onto the island, they just motor around it.

Fun Ride Home

Last trip through the city streets. iPhone sent me through the city instead of an easy access onto I-80, must have known I needed a little more excitement in life.

Hill Side Homes

SF can sure pack in the homes.

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